Albany County District Attorney Lee C. Kindlon announced today that the 37-year-old man involved in a deadly hit-and-run collision on Wolf Road in March has been indicted.
Heath Mabeus was arraigned on the indictment in front of the Honorable Roger McDonough that charges him with Criminally Negligent Homicide and Leaving the Scene of an Incident.
On March 14 at approximately 6:30 a.m., Colonie Police responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash on Wolf Road in the area of Beltrone Drive. The victim, Migdalia Aulet, 58, of Schenectady, sustained serious injuries and was pronounced dead on scene.
Witnesses reported a white sedan fleeing the scene. Colonie Police, with help from the Schenectady County Sheriff’s Office and the Capital Region Crime Analysis Center, were able to locate both Mabeus and his vehicle at his home in Clifton Park.
Mabeus pleaded not guilty and was released to the supervision of probation under the conditions that he follow a curfew and is forbidden to drive. If found guilty of both felonies, Mabeus could face up to 11 years in state prison.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Elizabeth Jektyan and Katherine Miller of the Vehicular Crimes Unit.
ALL DEFENDANTS ARE PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE.